Check it out: Neon Trees in Orlando

Neon Trees perform May 27 at Hard Rock Live in Orlando (Andrew Zaeh )

May 22, 2014|By Jim Abbott, Orlando Sentinel Music Critic

WHAT: New Wave-pop powerhouse Neon Trees are on the road behind their new "Pop Psychology" album, a collection of songs that looks at the trials of love in the digital age. Singer-songwriter Tyler Glenn has said new songs such as "Love In the 21st Century" and "Sleeping With a Friend" mark the first time the Utah-based band has melded the power-pop and New Wave sides of its personality. "I think this is the first record where we combine both and really sound like Neon Trees throughout the entire album," he said. "Pop Psychology" followed a period of intense therapy for Glenn, who recently came out as gay in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, setting up a conflict with the Mormon faith that he and his band members also embrace.